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Full Record for Film No. 32


Title:Black and White in Colour (1): Television, Memory, Race (1936-1968)
Director 1:Isaac Julien
Country:UK
Year:1992
length:45 mins
Colour/b-w:colour/b&w
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:Isaac Julien
Cinematographer:Remi Adefarasin
Editor:Christopher Roth
Producer:Colin McCabe
Production company:BFI Productions/BBC TV
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:30
Synopsis:This two-part documentary focusses on the history of black media practitioners in British television and the cultural heritage and diversity of black British people. The programme delineates the continuous presence of black actors on British TV and, thereby, reinscribes the cultural memory of British society. The programme is based on intensive research conducted for the British Film Institute and is accompanied by the book publication "Black and White in Colour: Black People in British Television since 1936" (ed. by Jim Pines, London 1992).
Keyword 1:white
Keyword 2:black
Keyword 3:film
Keyword 4:television
Keyword 5:representation
Keyword 6:racism
Keyword 7:black people in the media
Keyword 8:history
Text Reference 1:Remote Control: Dilemmas of Black Intervention in British Film & TV
Text Reference 2:Hidden Treasures

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